Tree Information

Common Name: Sawara-cedar

Scientific Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera

Native/Naturalized: Not Naturalized

Database ID: 1597

Status: alive

National Champion: no

Virginia Champion: yes

Circumference: 181 in.

Height: 82 ft.

Crown: 48 ft.

Points: 275

Date Last Measured: 2024

Last Measured by: Robert Vickers and Jack Gurney

Date First Measured: 2009

Comments:
2024 comments: Very healthy tree. Trunk measured at 1.5' above ground due to low branching. Also measured two primary stems at 4.5' above ground: 129" and 84" which equals 154" composite trunk circumference for these two stems.
2014 comments: Large and healthy with a split trunk. Circumference measured about 12" above ground. Measured by Robert Vickers at 168" trunk, 83' height, 46' crown, total 263 points.